By the way, people’s attention is currently focused on the threat of US President Donald Trump’s ban on Chinese social media app TikTak in the US and no attention is being paid to ending access to VChat.
But banning VChat could be devastating for iPhone maker Apple.
According to a report, the US ban on VChat could result in a 30% drop in sales of iPhones worldwide and a 25% drop in sales of other Apple products. ۔
“WeChat is a very important app for Chinese consumers, which allows them to access communications, payments, e-commerce, social software, News reading and other activities can help, we believe that the ban will severely affect the sale of iPhones in the Chinese market.
Ming Chi Qi’s estimate is that if VChat is banned, it could be removed from Apple’s App Store worldwide.
Apple has not yet commented.
Technology analysts are constantly speculating on the impact of the ban on both Chinese apps by the Trump administration on various companies such as Apple.
Companies are trying to avoid sanctions following a warning from the US president.
Microsoft, for example, has expressed interest in buying a portion of Tic Tac Toe or the entire business.
It should be noted that there are more than 100 million users of Tik Tak in the United States alone, while a Chinese company is also initiating legal action against the Trump administration.
Ming Chi Qi said he expects Apple to act if the app is banned, as the company has already removed WeChat from its App Store in India, where TickTack and Dozens of Chinese apps, including VChat, were banned in June.
If the Trump administration imposes a ban and Apple excludes these apps from the App Stores in the United States alone, sales of iPhones could drop by 6 percent and sales of other devices by 3 percent.
However, if these two apps are released from the App Stores around the world, it will result in a significant drop in sales of iPhones.
It may be recalled that on August 6, Donald Trump had issued a separate executive order regarding future sanctions on Tik Tak and the same day on VChat, against which Tik Tak warned of legal action.
The presidential decree on tick-tock issued by the US president said that if Chinese applications were not sold to any US company in the next 45 days, they would be banned in the US.